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Behold the dreamers : a novel Cover Image Book Book

Behold the dreamers : a novel

Mbue, Imbolo (author.).

Summary: At the intersection of "Americanah" and "The Help" comes a riveting debut novel about two marriages - one immigrant and working class, the other from the top 1% - both chasing their version of the American Dream. In the fall of 2007, Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Their situation only improves when Jende's wife Neni is hired as household help. But in the course of their work, Jende and Neni begin to witness infidelities, skirmishes, and family secrets. Then, with the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, a tragedy changes all four lives forever, and the Jongas must decide whether to continue fighting to stay in a recession-ravaged America or give up and return home to Cameroon.

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  • ISBN: 0812998480
  • ISBN: 9780812998481
  • Physical Description: 382 pages ; 25 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Random House, [2016]
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Subject: Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
Upper class -- United States -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction

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